Pick Up A Girl

　　After hearing the minister's words, Ryota was slightly stunned. He stopped running directly and asked attentively:

　　"Where is she?"

　　"It's in Tokyo! But the specific location needs further investigation."

　　The minister elaborated: "Just now, we detected a powerful wave of spiritual energy erupting in the Adachi region. There was a breath of Nightmare soul power within it. If there were no accidents, she should have fought with the cultists."

　　"...Could it be the explosion that just occurred?"

　　Ryota looked ahead.

　　Judging from his current location, he was indeed quite close to the Adachi area.

　　No wonder the impact is felt so clearly.

　　The minister was a little surprised and asked: "Are you around?"

　　"I'm only here to kill ghosts."

　　"Then please go and check the situation. If there is an emergency, we may need your support."

　　"Such a big movement, there should be a third stage psyker rushing in, right?"

　　"Yes, but if more masters pass, it will be more secure."

　　"Okay."

　　Ryota agreed, and then asked: "What about Nightmare? How was the battle going?"

　　"I don't know yet, but it's very possible something happened to her."

　　"Hah? Didn't you say that with its 'domain''s peculiarity, it would be impossible to be surrounded?"

　　"We have detected spirit particle fluctuations in the outer area of Adachi's, which is completely different from the inner area. I am afraid that an area is surrounded by a special barrier."

　　The minister explained: "The cult should find or cultivate people with domain blocking abilities, and let them play a role in this plan. As we had previously suspected, they were completely focused on dispelling the Nightmare. After all, the Nightmare might be in danger right now, and we need to find her quickly."

　　"Danger..."

　　Hearing this, Ryota frowned.

　　Tokisaki Kurumi possesses the "domain" of time manipulation, as well as the characteristic of being able to attack with shadows and form special spaces.

　　If these two abilities are used together. Fundamentally, it was impossible for her to fall into the weakness of encirclement and suppression. So, she was the only one who killed the cultists, but the cultists couldn't do anything to her.

　　But things in this world are not absolute.

There are so many characteristics of ghosts, various kinds of psionic "domains", there is always someone who can seal her actions.

　　Once a cultist finds a suitable blocking ability and places her in a state of siege, she will be in danger.

　　"I'll go see!"

　　Ryota hung up the phone, feeling a bit urgent for no reason. He accelerated again, and rushed towards the direction of the explosion in Adachi's with the fastest speed.

　　With a speed comparable to the speed of sound, he was completely invisible to ordinary people.

　　But it's only a short distance.

　　The phone rings again. Ryota took out his cell phone and looked at it, showing a surprised expression.

　　He thinks minister forgot to say something and calls again.

　　As a result, the call came from Kei.

　　After Ryota connected, he said: "Kei? Is there something wrong?"

　　"Nii-san! Hurry back, there's a girl lying in your room! She has a lot of wounds and blood. What should I do!?"

　　"Don't worry, Kei, calm down first, don't worry, nothing will happen, I'm here."

　　Hearing his little sister's worried voice, Ryota took the lead to comfort her. After Kei calmed down a bit, he asked: "That girl, do you know her?"

　　"I don't know, I was studying, and then suddenly I heard a loud noise from your original room, so I went to take a look. Then I found her lying on the ground. What should I do? Nii-san, I want to make a call, do I need first aid?"

　　Kei suppressed her panic and barely described the situation.

　　After Ryota finished listening, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and asked quickly:

　　"How did she get into the bedroom? Are the windows and walls broken?"

　　"No... This is weird, how did she get in...?"

　　Kei also realized something was wrong.

　　She was in the living room, if the other party passed through the main entrance, how could she hide it from her?

　　Ryota kept asking: "Look at the color of her hair. is it black? Is she wearing a gothic dress?"

　　"Yeah, she's bleeding profusely..."

　　"Look at her left eye again. If it's closed, open it."

　　"Okay... Huh? What is this… clock!?"

　　"It really is her!"

　　Ryota confirmed the identity of the other party in his heart – Tokisaki Kurumi!

　　She probably used shadows to move around, so she entered his room without breaking anything.

　　The minister's guess was accurate, and something happened to Tokisaki Kurumi.

　　But his speed was extremely fast, he had just finished the fight in Adachi's, and in less than half a minute, she had arrived at his house.

　　"Kei, don't call for first aid, I'll be right back."

　　Ryota hurriedly told his little sister: "Remember, calm down, be quiet, and don't reveal her business in our house."

　　"I understand, hurry up, the wound is serious!"

　　"Almost there!"

　　After Ryota hung up the phone, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the house as fast as he could.

　　Kurumi would come to his house suddenly, which made him feel bad. Ryota subconsciously thought that the other party felt that she was seriously injured and desperate, so she wanted to come see him one last time.

　　Damn... He hoped it didn't start with such a bloody plot. Moreover, it was unknown whether the cultists were aware of the fact that Kurumi had run away.

　　If they were to track her down… No, Kurumi probably wouldn't take the initiative to involve the Shirogane family in danger.

　　Either she knew that the cultists believed that her plan had worked and that she was dead, so she no longer had any doubts. Or... She has the confidence to hide her whereabouts.

　　Ryota is more inclined to the second point. Recently the cult's activity has increased, and he often hears news from the minister.

　　These people were baiting Kurumi.

　　Fishing... This alone shows that they are unable to lock onto each other's location.

　　So the second point is more likely.

　　No matter what the situation, the worry in Ryota's heart is still there.

　　He began exploding with all his might, continuously tearing apart the heavy resistance carried by the air, rapidly reducing the distance. Traveling at over a thousand kilometers per hour, he was home within minutes.

　　Ryota ignored his slippers and immediately went to his real room on the second floor.

　　Inside the room, Kei was crouching on the ground, carefully wiping away the blood on the body of an unconscious girl next to her.

　　Upon hearing the footsteps, she turned her head to look at the door, and then showed excitement: "Nii-san!"

　　There was a sense of relaxation in the girl's voice.

　　"Very good."

　　Ryota approached, stroked Kei's hair, and complimented her. Then, he crouched down and looked at the girl lying on the ground.

　　Sure enough, it was Kurumi. It's just that the dress she was wearing was stained red from the blood donation, she was curled up, her skin was pale, and even though she was unconscious, her eyebrows were knit together.

　　It looks really bad.

　　Ryota quickly mustered up his soul force, and slowly patched up her various wounds.

　　The wounds heal slowly.

　　The main function of the power of the first three bridges is to interfere with one's own body, and when it is used to restore others, the efficiency will be very low.

　　Ryota had no choice but to wait patiently for Kurumi's injury to slowly recover.

　　"Kei, where are Miyuki and dad?"

　　"Dad went for a walk, Nii-san went grocery shopping."

　　After Kei finished answering, she asked: "Is she your friend? Nothing's going to happen, right?"

　　"Don't worry, I'm currently under treatment and she will be fine."

　　Ryota consoled his sister, and at the same time introduced: "Her name is Tokisaki Kurumi, um...she should be my friend."

　　"Should?"

　　"It's very complicated to explain, let's talk about it after she recovers."

　　Ryota is perfunctory for now.

　　Maybe she was frightened by Kurumi who was covered in wounds, but when Kei faced her, she no longer felt ashamed.

　　Of course, it could also be that after a few days had passed, Kei had recovered from the kiss that day.

　　"Kei, go and boil some hot water, and I'll clean it up."

　　"No, let me do it!"

　　Kei looked at Kurumi's tattered dress, and suddenly said seriously.

　　"...Okay, you do."

　　Ryota fell silent.

　　Would he still take the opportunity to take advantage of the injured?

　　...

　　Half an hour later.

　　Kurumi's wound had finally completely healed.

　　Kei also wiped all the blood on her body.

　　Ryota took the girl to his bedroom and put his on the bed. Then, he went out and bought several sets of pajamas that fit her size, and asked Kei to help change them.

　　After those things were done, Kurumi finally didn't look like a pathetic wound patient.

　　It's just that her eyes are still tightly closed, and her brows are also wrinkled, showing no sign of waking up.

　　Waiting until 7 p.m., Shirogane Papa and Miyuki's came back, but she still didn't wake up.

　　After Ryota explained a few words to the two, he returned to the room and started looking after Kurumi.

　　He felt a little anxious.

　　All the wounds have healed, but there is no sign of awakening yet... Could it be that the problem lies in the soul?

　　(She just went through a battle, maybe her soul power was consumed too much, so something is wrong with her soul?)

　　A possibility appeared in Ryota's mind.

　　Judging from the spiritual perception feedback, Kurumi's soul force breath was indeed very weak, like a candle in the wind.

　　Ryota thought about it, and decided to use his own soul power to take his place.

　　Of course, direct compensation alone is not enough.

　　The soul power of different people all carried their own soul aura, but there was no way to use it universally.

　　He chose an extremely awkward method.

　　That is destroying his own soul power first, and letting it disintegrate into elementary spirit particles.

　　As long as the concentration of spirit particles increased in an enclosed environment, the efficiency of spirit particles absorbing Kurumi's soul to recover would definitely increase.

　　If you absorb more, you will naturally make up for the loss.

　　Ryota did as he thought, and started destroying the soul power he had released.

　　It was extremely difficult to condense spirit particles into soul force, but the reverse was extremely simple, and with unlimited spiritual support, his soul power was also boundless.

　　Other Psykers don't dare to play like this, but Ryota can.

　　In just one night, the concentration of spirit particles in the bedroom reached a frightening level.

　　An ordinary person who enters here will be possessed and have hallucinations.

　　But for psykers, it's a very comfortable environment, like a warm bath.

　　Ryota could feel the breath of Kurumi's soul power gradually becoming full.

The deficit in battle is filled to the brim.

　　(Should be up soon.)

　　He started to look forward to it, and took advantage of the situation to grab Kurumi's wrist who was in a coma.

　　This time, he had to ask this matter clearly, and he couldn't let this woman come out of her shell in such an indecent manner.

　　Ryota just waits and waits...

　　Wait until three days later.

　　During this period, Kei would visit the bedroom every day after school, and at the same time comfort Ryota not to worry too much.

　　The clumsy way his little sister expressed her worries made Ryota unable to resist molesting her every time.

　　Kei blushes more often, and gradually develops an immunity to it.

　　Slowly in front of it, let it be more open.

　　This made Ryota quite emotional. But at the same time, it's a bit heavy. Because Kurumi was still bedridden, sleeping soundly.

　　No sign of waking up.

　　The same thing for almost four days, which made him give up on waiting.

　　Ryota plans to find another way.

　　(Could it be that...the problem isn't in the soul, but...in psychology?)

　　He frowned, thinking of a possibility.

　　Kurumi's current state was normal, in theory, she shouldn't be sleeping the whole time. Except, she herself did not want to get up.